Hand bag



' Patented vJam. 19, 1926. j'

To all 'whom' it Amay conce-m:

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ELLIE MELTZEB, OF NEW YORK, N', Y.

IHAND BAG.'

c Application mea April za-1922s.'` serial ne. 26,457..

Be it known that I, ELLIEMELTZER, a citizen of Russia,van d a residentof. the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a`new and Improved Hand Bag, f which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

. This invention relates to ladies hand bags and has for an vobject toprovide an improved construction wherein the parts are so formed thatthey may be adjusted to convert the bag from a leather 4bag toa clothbag and the reverse.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hand bag formed of atleasttwo different materials and provided with an arrangement' of flapsand4 associated parts which may be adjusted to present to view either oftwo covering materials sothat the bag will appear for instance, as aleather bag or a cloth covered bag.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bagdisclosing an embodiment of the invention,

one of the flaps being shown partly un-v folded.

Figure 2 is a view with both of the iiaps turned over so as to occupy aposition beneath the main body as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Figure 1, taken approximately online 3-3, the covering lap being shown closed.

Figure 4 is a sectional view through the bag in its adjusted position,the same being taken on section 4 4 of Figure 2.

Referring tothe accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates what maybe termed a pocketbook structure, the same beingof any desired kind.This structure is provided with flanges or sections 2 and 3 extending toa position near the bottom of the main part of the pocketbook and atthat point secured to side members 4 and 5 which form the outsidemembers of the pocketbook 1 so as to complete the openings or pockets 6and 7 while the main pocket 8 is closed by suitable fasteners 9. Theside member 4, as shown in Figure 3, extends from the bottom of thepocket past the fasteners 9, across the top of the pocketbook where itpresents a section l0 and down over the opposite side where it presentsa Hap 11. yIn orming the side 4, the same may be made from two differentmaterials,' as for instance, from a .strip of leather'12 and astri 13 ofcloth which is preferably lSilk thouglh -it-4 could be \of otherrvmaterial without departing :from

the spirit of the invention. i

As shown in Figure 3, the side member 5 is bent back on itself'at14whereby it presents a covering flap 15 held inplace by a strap 16stitched or otherwise secured at 17 to member '3 and also tothe side`.5.The free end'of the strap 16 is provided with a socket 18 adaptedtoreceive the stud 19, which stud is permanently connected with acovering flap 15,.-l The covering flap 15 is also provided with a socket20 adapted to receive a vstud 21 permanently'secured to the flap 11. Thestrap 16 on one surface consists of cloth, as for instance, silk, and onthe otherleather.

When the parts have been adjusted as shown in Figures 1 and 3, the bagappears to be a complete leather ba When the two iaps 11 and 15 areturned rom the position shown in Figures 1 and 3 to that shown inFigures 2 and 4, the leather members will be facing inwardly and thecloth portions outwardly so as to present what appears to be a silk bag.l/Vhen the parts are turned to the position just described, the socket22 will be positioned to receive the stud 19 while the stud- 21 litsinto the socket 18 of strap 16. It will, therefore, be noted that vbymerely reversing or turning over flaps 11 and 15 from the position shownin Figure 1 to that shown in Figure 2 will in effect., convert the bagfrom a leather vhand bag to a cloth covered hand bag. l/Vhen the flapsare moved in a reverse direction, a leather 2. A ladys hand bag capableof being 100 adjusted to present a leather or a cloth covered structure,said bag comprising a pocketbook structure, a pair ofy side memberstherefor, each of the sidemembers being formed with a leather `facingand a .cloth facing, 105

each of said side members being also formed .with a flap, and'meanscapable of engaging either of said flaps for holding the .same againstveither of the sides of the pocketbook whereby when theA flaps areadjusted to `book, a pair of side members each ormed with a flapsubstantially as long as the side members, and means including a strapfor holding either of said flaps against the resnap fastenersfor'holding said closure memspective sides of said pocketbook.

4. A ladys hand bac, comprising a pocketbook structure providDed with apair of side members, each of said side members being formed from alpiece of leather on one face and cloth on t e opposite face, said sidemembers bein substantially twice the width of the pocket ook structure,said side members being foldable on themselves sol as to act as acovering member, and means in'- cluding a strap acting to hold one ofsaid side members folded upon itself while allowingthe other side memberto act as a closure flap for the hand bag.

5. A ladys hand bag, comprising a ocketbook structur'e, .a covertherefor ormed twice as wide as the pocketbook structure and constructedof leather on one face and cloth on the opposite face, the extra widthof said side members acting alternately as closure flaps andalternatelyT as a coveringv structure, means including a strap forholding said flaps in position as covering structures, and means forholding said flaps each of said side members having a facing of leatherand a facing of cloth, a portion of said side members projecting beyondthe Y pocketbook acting at one time as a closure ap and at'another as acovering member,

bers in a closed position, and a single strap connected with saidpocketbookV adapted to be folded in either of two directions for holdingthe covering members folded and `agalinst the respective sides of thepocket- 7 A ladys hand bag, comprising a ocketbook structure, a covertherefor, sai cover including a pair of fla s as long as the pocketbookstructure, eac of said flaps vbeing constructed of leather on one faceand cloth on the o posite face, and means for securing said aps inposition so as to expose either face to view whereby when arranged inone position the cloth will be exposed to View and the bag will appearas a cloth bag and when arranged in another position the leather facewill appear and the bag will present the appearance of a leather bag.

ELLIE M ELTZER.

